On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 09:45 +0100, red_alert(a)the-psychiatry.ch wrote:
Jonathan Dieter <jdieter(a)gmail.com> hat am 15. Januar 2008 um
06:19
geschrieben:
> Just a request that some future meetings start a bit sooner. We're at
> UTC+0200 (which means the meeting starts at 22:00 for us which is quite
> late).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
Dear Jonathan
Please understand, that there is _no_ perfect time (nor weekday) that
fits everyone. EMEA is stretched through many time zones, reaching
from UTC+0000 to UTC+0400 (or even farther, as the expansion of "EMEA"
isn't very well defined). This means that the meeting will be between
20:00 and 24:00 depending on where one lives. I think neither earlier
nor later would be fitting any better.
Personally, I think that most (active) EMEA ambassadors are in the
+0100 and +0200 time zones and that the resulting times of 21:00 and
22:00 are doable for most people in this regions.
I hope you can accept this and that you'll be able to attend,
nevertheless. The meetings are taking place once a month only anyway.
I think everyone appreciates the collaboration of the EMEA ambassadors
and the monthly IRC meetings are a good way to work together.
Regards
red / SandroMathys
That's fair enough and I totally understand. If I'm the only one
pushing for an earlier meeting, then please ignore me. I just figured
that a meeting scheduled for something closer to 18:00 (or even 19:00)
UTC might allow more people to participate. Remember, the further east
we're trying to reach, the earlier we need to schedule it (otherwise
people at UTC+0400 or UTC+0500 are needing to be available at midnight
or 0100 in the morning).
For me personally, the problem is that as a teacher who has to be at
school at 07:00, early nights are vital. But again, I will do what I
can to be there, no matter when it is, and I won't bring it up again if
most people are happy.
Jonathan